Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Business Support Services Y25005
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Framework will cover the provision of business support Services to help organisations with maintaining internal operations, ensuring a smooth workflow, compliance and overall efficiency.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Human resources management consultancy services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Miscellaneous business and business-related services · Personnel and payroll services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 13 bids received · 12 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£750,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Delivering the Framework Agreement: 35%
- Delivering the Service and Account Management: 45%
- Standards, Regulations and Policies: 10%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Delivering the Framework Agreement: 35
- Delivering the Service and Account Management: 45
- Standards, Regulations and Policies: 10
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 0
- “Supply of Business Support Services Y25005” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 Feb 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Dec 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
Y25005- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078950- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04db96Find a Tender
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=997389187 GO Reference: GO-2025122-PRO-33512673
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 1440 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Mar 2025, 14:15 GMT
Timeline
11 Mar 2025 → 2 Dec 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown11 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Bids opened11 Mar 2025, 14:15 GMT
- Notice published330 days ago2 Dec 2025, 14:05 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Dec 2025- Status changed to complete2 Dec 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Buyer details updated2 Dec 2025, 14:05 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Business Support Services
- Signed
- 27 Nov 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Business Support Services
- Signed
- 27 Nov 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13bids · 13 electronic | 8 | — | £1 – £750,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Commercial ServicesMediation body
- Commercial Services GroupMediation body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
12 commercial parties on the notice- Capita Business Services LtdFramework contractor
- Commercial Services Kent LtdFramework contractor
- Investigo LtdFramework contractor
- Issured LtdFramework contractor
- Liberata UK LtdFramework contractor
- Payroll EasyFramework contractor
- Posterity Global LtdFramework contractor
- Sailotech UK LtdFramework contractor
- Serco LtdFramework contractor
- TIAA LtdFramework contractor
Show 2 more suppliers
- UHY Consultancy LtdFramework contractor
- VE3 Global LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.